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Ferry sinking kills 18, leaves 10 missing in south Philippines
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Ferry sinking kills 18, leaves 10 missing in south Philippines
January 26 07:12 AM
MANILA, Philippines (AFP)—A ferry with more than 340 people onboard sank early Monday off the southern Philippines, killing at least 18 and leaving 10...
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‘You will bite rock stone’
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‘You will bite rock stone’
Pastor cop sends blistering message to unrelenting gunmen in sermon
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobsever.com 
January 26 12:30 AM
‘You will bite rock stone’
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Crime-fighting mandates outpace MOCA, FID manpower
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Crime-fighting mandates outpace MOCA, FID manpower
BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 26 12:28 AM
Crime-fighting mandates outpace MOCA, FID manpower
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Controversy looms over Diaspora elections
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Controversy looms over Diaspora elections
BY HAROLD G BAILEY Observer writer 
January 26 12:26 AM
Controversy looms over Diaspora elections
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Deidrian Downer is Miss Global Jamaica 2026
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Deidrian Downer is Miss Global Jamaica 2026
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer writer entertainment@ jamaicaobserver.com 
January 26 12:26 AM
Deidrian Downer is Miss Global Jamaica 2026
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UNDP lauds Jamaica’s ‘remarkable’ resilience amid multiple shocks
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UNDP lauds Jamaica’s ‘remarkable’ resilience amid multiple shocks
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 26 12:24 AM
UNDP lauds Jamaica’s ‘remarkable’ resilience amid multiple shocks
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Mission swim-possible!
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Mission swim-possible!
ASAJ boss wants to get more Jamaicans skilled at swimming
BY DANIEL BLAKE Staff reporter blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 26 12:22 AM
ASAJ boss wants to get more Jamaicans skilled at swimming
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Health sector not at crisis level, says Tufton
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Health sector not at crisis level, says Tufton
Minister labels strain on system a post-Hurricane surge
BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 26 12:20 AM
Health sector not at crisis level, says Tufton
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Tokyo 2025: Ricketts and Smith leap to triple jump final
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Tokyo 2025: Ricketts and Smith leap to triple jump final
September 16, 2025
Two-time silver medalist Shanieka Ricketts and Ackelia Smith are both through to the final of the women’s triple jump after the qualification round Tu...
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Tokyo 2025: Ackelia Smith fails to get past first round in women’s long jump
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Tokyo 2025: Ackelia Smith fails to get past first round in women’s long jump
September 13, 2025
Jamaican national champion Ackelia Smith failed to get past the first round of the women’s long jump on the opening day of the World Athletics Champio...
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National Trials 2025: Smith retains long jump title
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National Trials 2025: Smith retains long jump title
June 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic Games and World Championships finalist Ackelia Smith retained her women’s long jump title after she produced a wind-aided ...
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Three Jamaican triple jumpers to compete in Oslo Diamond League
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Three Jamaican triple jumpers to compete in Oslo Diamond League
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 12, 2025
Shanieka Ricketts will be going after back-to-back Diamond League wins when she lines up in the women’s triple jump on Thursday’s second day of the Os...
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Watson, McDonald and Smith win at Miramar Invitational
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Watson, McDonald and Smith win at Miramar Invitational
Jackson, Williams among Jamaican stars in action at Florida meet
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 5, 2025
Rohan Watson, Rusheen McDonald and long jumper Ackelia Smith were the Jamaican winners at Saturday’s Miramar Invitational meet, a World Athletics Cont...
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#ParisOlympics: Ackelia Smith into second final after long jump progress
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#ParisOlympics: Ackelia Smith into second final after long jump progress
August 6, 2024
Ackelia Smith qualified for her second final at the Olympics as she advanced in the women’s long jump with 6.59m (-0.3m/s) in the prelims on Tuesday m...
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#ParisOlympics: Shanieka Ricketts wins Olympic silver in triple jump
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#ParisOlympics: Shanieka Ricketts wins Olympic silver in triple jump
August 3, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Shanieka Ricketts won a  silver medal after she jumped a season’s best 14.87m (-0.7m/s) for second in the women’s triple jump at th...
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Ackelia Smith takes aim at PBs in triple and long jumps at Olympics
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Ackelia Smith takes aim at PBs in triple and long jumps at Olympics
July 29, 2024
Ackelia Smith says she has grown enormously as an athlete and a person as she prepares for her first Olympics. The 22-year old jumper is one of only t...
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#NationalTrials: Ackelia Smith wins second national long jump title
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#NationalTrials: Ackelia Smith wins second national long jump title
June 27, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ackelia Smith won her second national women’s long jump title after her lone legal mark, 6.53m (0.9m/s) on Thursday’s opening day ...
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Ferry sinking kills 18, leaves 10 missing in south Philippines
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Ferry sinking kills 18, leaves 10 missing in south Philippines
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MANILA, Philippines (AFP)—A ferry with more than 340 people onboard sank early Monday off the southern Philippines, killing at least 18 and leaving 10...
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‘You will bite rock stone’
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Pastor cop sends blistering message to unrelenting gunmen in sermon
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobsever.com 
January 26, 2026
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Crime-fighting mandates outpace MOCA, FID manpower
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Controversy looms over Diaspora elections
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Deidrian Downer is Miss Global Jamaica 2026
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Deidrian Downer is Miss Global Jamaica 2026
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